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Probability Manipulation: Throw My Bones by Deep Purple |
Posted by: classicdrogn - 07-24-2024, 08:24 PM - Forum: The Game Everyone Loves To Play
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[Verse 1]
I don't know what lies ahead
It's all a mystery man, I heard it said
You do your thing, you do your best
I take a guess at what happen next
[Chorus]
All I've got is what I need
And that's enough, as far as I can see
Why should I walk into the great unknown
When I can sit here, and throw my bones?
[Verse 2]
I hear the future is so divine
But I'll just wait until I get a sign
'Cause what I've got here, what I'm holding in my hand
Is better for me than some promised land
[Chorus]
All I've got is what I need
And that's enough, as far as I can see
Why should I walk into the great unknown
When I can sit here, and throw my bones?
[Guitar Solo]
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[Verse 3]
What's the rush? Who's to say?
You can't escape tomorrow, it's another day
I'm hanging here, I'm here on solid ground
'Cause heaven's full, or closing down
[Chorus]
All I've got is what I need
And that's enough, as far as I can see
Why should I walk into the great unknown
When I can sit here, and throw my bones?
Oh yeah
[Instrumental Outro]
effect: Doug holds a planned action in mind while the song plays. If it's something that can be completed within the remaining duration of the song, he'll know the exact moment to perform it to get maximized results from his point of view, or to at least avoid wrost-case results if time is more pressing. If it's something longer term, at the end of the song he'll have a feel for whether the plan in its current form would have a good or bad result, again from his point of view. Other probability manipulation effects not originating from Doug (his chaos field or song powers, and only song powers in the plan) are not accounted for, but will also have unpredictable results when used against him to try to affect the intended action or plan, even more than usual when trying to deal with Doug.
(Also, it's just a good song, and its generally non-disruptive effect means he can just listen to it for the sake of it if he wants to, and make some really good sandwiches or something.)
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Best TTRPG system for swords-and-rayguns classic sci fi? |
Posted by: classicdrogn - 07-12-2024, 02:38 AM - Forum: General Chatter
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Of course you can adapt whatever strikes your fancy, as can generics like BESM, GURPS, or HERO by definition, but I'm wondering what people think of for out-of-the-box. (GURPS Space combined with Lowtech/Dungeon Fantasy are not disqualified if you really think that's the best. I'm just looking for opinions.)
Spelljammer, well, neither 2e or 5e D&D really match the tone I'm looking for, falling far more into Tolkienesque high fantasy than even early science fiction, and it's the only one I'm really familiar with aside from WEG Star Wars and the genericized d6 Space, which is by default a bit too industrial/technological, predictably in both cases due to those being the source material they're based on.
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Not sure if this would be a power song... |
Posted by: Norgarth - 07-11-2024, 11:29 AM - Forum: The Game Everyone Loves To Play
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but if so, it's probably on Doug's Restricted list.
Flirtin' With Disaster by Molly Hatchet
I'm travelin' down the road
I'm flirtin' with disaster
I've got the pedal to the floor
My life is running faster
I'm out of money, I'm out of hope
It looks like self destruction
Well how much more can we take
With all of this corruption
We're flirtin' with disaster
Ya'll know what I mean
And the way we run our lives
It makes no sense to me
I don't know about yourself or what you want to be, yeah
When we gamble with our time
We choose our destiny
I'm travelin' down that lonesome road
Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load
Yeah I've tried to turn my head away
Feels about the same most every day
You know what I'm talking about, baby
Speeding down the fast lane, honey
Playin' from town to town
The boys and I have been burnin' it up, can't seem to slow it down
I've got the pedal to the floor, our lives are runnin' faster
Got our sights set straight ahead
But ain't sure what we're after
Flirtin' with disaster, ya'll damn sure know what I mean
You know the way we run our lives it makes no sense to me
I don't know about yourself or what you plan to be, yea
When we gamble with our time, we choose our destiny
Yeah, I'm travelin' down that lonesome road
Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load
Don't tried to turn my head away
I'm flirtin' with disaster every day
And you are too, baby, ha ha ha
Flirtin' with disaster baby
Ya'll know what I mean
You know the way we run our lives
It makes no sense to me
I don't know about yourself or what you plan to be
When we gamble with our time, we choose our destiny
Yeah, we're traveling down this lonesome road
Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load
Don't try and turn my head away, ba ba ba yeah
Flirtin' with disaster every day
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Does anybody here speak Norwegian? |
Posted by: robkelk - 06-29-2024, 03:32 PM - Forum: My Apartment Manager is not an Isekai Character
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Or at least read it?
I've written a scene that's the first time two characters whose native language is Norwegian speak with each other "on-screen", so of course the conversation is in that language because why wouldn't it be? But it's a language that I can't read. We come in near the end of the conversation so there's less than a half-dozen lines.
I'm not completely convinced that Google Translate did a perfect job in translating them.
I don't need the text proofread right away (and can probably get away with footnoting it's mechanically translated), but I'd appreciate a second opinion on the translation, please.
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Hey, urimikhli! |
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 06-29-2024, 10:28 AM - Forum: Forums
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Because I've had a busy and troublesome week, I've been really generous with your new account. I've emailed you twice to ask you to confirm your membership. There's a big blue banner you should be seeing telling you to respond to to the email you've gotten from me. And I'm now trying to get your attention with a forum post. Why is it that you keep checking back to see if your account is active, but you won't do the one thing necessary for me to activate it?
This is your last chance. You have another day to reply as requested. Otherwise I'm going to write you off as an unusually persistent would-be spammer.
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Ranma 1/2 to get new anime adaptation |
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 06-26-2024, 01:20 PM - Forum: General Chatter
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Weekly Shonen Sunday has announced that Ranma 1/2 will be getting an "all-new" anime adaptation. There aren't any specifics yet, there's apparently going to be an official announcement on July 17.
More info can be found here.
Oh, and there's a video announcement, although subtitles are disabled so it'll be less than informative for those of us who are Japanese-impaired:
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